slowly realizing that i should no longer speak.. 
and instead offer up a listening ear to the meek.
because if my tongue is a liability then using it makes me weak.
because if I say it but don’t do it - what does that make of me?
afraid.
a coward, who can’t seem to turn the page.
within the darkness… do i shed light? 
or do i remain hidden away?
was it a coin flip or chosen? 
that i allowed myself to be trapped within this cage.
when navigating through life -  it’s common to get lost within the maze.
until you realize that you can pave.
until you realize that you can change.
until you realize that the pieces of your life - can be rearranged.
it’s oftentimes that the tiniest spark - produces the brightest flame.

»B.Don

curled into a ball.
just to come to the realization that.. 
it provides me with only the illusion of protection from it all.
because if i'm so steeled - then why do i yield?
rendering myself concealed - whenever my heart, beckons - calls.
to what advantage do i stall?
when my heart's only intention is to help guide me.
where is the hesitation residing?
perhaps i prefer to be blinded.
voluntarily, losing my sighting - by disregarding my writing..
because inaction - is still an action.
yet i was blessed with the ability to see alternative views and..
yet somehow still coerce myself into believing the same excuse.
that everything is on God's timing.
what if God's timing is also my timing?
that my writing provides - the lighting. 
the illumination.
a guide to and through my life's explorations.
that my writing is more than a declaration.
it's a realization - that this life is what i make it.
that all of my dreams are worth chasing.
that at the end of the day - evasion is still evading.
your heart's desires should require no further explanation.
it only requires you to muster the bravery to face it.
the demons, the dreaming - to forge a path from beneath the cement.
envision who it is that you want to be and then to go … just be it.

»B.Don

i’m unchained.
limits only exist within my brain.
it’s pointless to attempt to go through life without a stain.
more often than not you must lose in order to gain.
to see the sun's warmth you must sit through the rain.
to feel joy you must also know pain.
we may interpret it differently but inevitably it's the same.
life is a game.
so, control the reigns.
take your aim.
control the brain.
if you fail.
adjust the aim.
then start again.
obstacles were only meant to be slain.

so, go and slay.

»B.Don